Snowy.. dearly beloved Chinchilla.. my BABY... who passed away the day before I went to go visit him in Vista... SOOO SAD! He was 11 years old!! I had him for that long- 1995-2006! Little girl, Starry and Snowball

Since I have a lot of free time on my hands these days and love to "mess" with my photos, I have done some "touch ups" several, giving a very special effect to each photo. I call this ART. Many friends and family have expressed their thoughts that I take very good photos and that I should do something with my talent. My friend, Ann, even suggested compiling the photos to make a book, which I thought was an EXCELLENT idea... I love my "art work," and hopefully, you will too! And, hopefully, God willing, I will do something lucrative with my passion for photography. If anything at all, it is just nice to be able to share it with people.

How could anything THIS beautiful and DELISH-ious be anything but heaven sent?? Good question.. perhaps you can tell me... I found that these Easter chocolate pieces, so delicately detailed and filled with ganache of almond pate and pralines to be highly efficace.. in fact, too much so... Dianella knows exactly what I mean by this.. as we discussed over email that I must put the box away and eat NO MORE for now... Oh well, they were very delicious as far as chocolates go....

It looks like a beautiful first day of spring..Don't let appearances fool you.. The early morning weather is 3-4 C and is warmingup to 7 during the day.. cloudy all around!I am FREEZING!!! Are you sure this is SPRING??I was just getting used to 14-16 C and thinkingthat that was nice, warm weather but THIS isCOLD... I WANT THE SUN AND ITS WARMTH!!!

March 20, 2007

I didn't take ANY of these photos... I found them on the web.. but I thought they looked so pretty and also DELISH-ious that I wanted to post them... Also, they don't make cupcakes here in France.. I have not seen anythinglike a cupcake here in France... Do you think I could open a store for cupcakes, muffins, brownies and cookieshere? It would be such a novelty item.. I think it would work well in Paris!!!